Rakija: Traditional Serbian fruit brandy

Kafa: Serbian/Turkish Coffee – Oriental heritage in Serbia

The best ice cream in town

Food and Culture Tour in Belgrade

Tours

What to expect when visiting Food and Culture Tour

We take you for a pleasant walk from one place to another to explore tastes, culture and history of Serbia and Belgrade. Our main goal is to offer a variety of domestic dishes, snacks and beverages served in authentic places, talk about and show how life in Belgrade is today and how it came to be. During the tour we also tell you about some of the main sights of Belgrade we pass by.

We spice up every bite with stories dear to Serbian hearts. To experience the full flavor of Serbian lifestyle and heritage we invite you to places that make you feel like you are in a Serbian home. We invite you to participate in customs related to eating. After our tour you will know when and how to drink rakija, how to order a song from a band in a kafana*, how to write in Cyrillic, what to bring as a present to a Serbian slava** and how to dance on a Serbian wedding .

Welcome! / Добродошли! / Dobrodošli!

*a distinct type of local bistro
**ritual family festivity in the name of of one’s family’s patron saint

Serbia on a bigger plate
TOUR

Expand your visit to Belgrade and make it a six hour treat.

Savour your day in Belgrade slowly and make the most of it. Unravel the gourmet scene of a range of seven local restaurants, bars, a green market and taverns, and prolong your hedonistic journey all the way to Zemun, a bohemian town on the river Danube. Take part in the adventure of discovering the intricacy of local history, in a place where cultures mix and the east and west cuisine blend.

Spend 4 hours like a local and find out the most interesting recipes and customs.

Serbian culture is palatable! Especially if told in a slower pace, which allows more time to digest mouth-watering combination of flavors. A visit to 6 authentic places, wrapped up by a stroll through a green market and a bohemian quarter, reveals delicious cultural moments interlaced with local cuisine.

Get the appetizing amount of bites and stories for just 2.5 hours.

Visit 4 diverse places, from traditional to modern, and sence the uniqueness of Serbian lifestyle and the vibrant city center. Savor carefully selected tastes that will guide you through the past and even the future of Belgrade.

We offer guided tour through Belgrade Fortress in addition to food tours.

Meet us

How the Food and Culture Tour was born

We yearn to build a connection between people by presenting differences in cultures, customs and ways of life. By doing this we realized how universal the core values of all of us are.

We take the best food Belgrade has to offer and enrich it with stories about Serbian history and culture. We also like to share personal experiences with people coming to visit.

We want to share our love for Belgrade that grows bigger every day!

YOUR HOSTS

A few words about friendly faces you will meet at the tour

Marko Radošević

Traveling cook
and Entrepreneur

Born and raised on the bohemian pavements of Belgrade. Passionately involved into traditional cuisine across Serbia and Balkan. Traveled a lot with aim to explore other gastronomies throughout region and can easily evoke local custom as it is, without hesitation. Work in tourism sector for many years.

Jelisaveta Mojsilović

Musicologist
and star-gazer

(You can call her Elisabeth until you learn how to pronounce her name on Serbian)

She tells stories like performing her favorite piece on cello or piano – with a lot of love and passion. She’s born in a beautiful valley in the heart of Bosnia, as a fourth child of father priest and mother with an angelic voice. Growing up in a big family, she definitely learned how to share food with others. Although she spent more years in Sarajevo, for her, home is where she is, and now that is Belgrade.

Anđa Savić

Left the peaceful surroundings in the countryside of the Southern Serbia of a young age to live in the vibrant city of Belgrade. When she isn’t working as a transactional attorney, Andja spends much of her time exploring the capital’s endless food scene while enjoying it’s world famous night life. The one and only law she has for the tour is to leave your diet at home.

Milica Marjanović

Philologist and musician
with a serious sweet tooth

Born and raised in Southeastern Serbia, in a little town famous for its spicy food and traditional Serbian customs, Milica moved to Belgrade at 18 years old and fell in love with it instantly. Professor of Italian and trained opera singer, she combines her passions with her heritage – Bosnian laid-back mentality and Southern Serbian fiery one.Enthusiastic about meeting lovely people and introducing local history, customs and food Milica will be happy to sing traditional Serbian songs to you and teach you the national kolo dance!

Marina Prole

Serbian literature teacher
and wanderer

Had the rare luck to be born and raised in the city dearest to her heart. Her drive to explore took her on many travels and what she loves the most about them is that they always end back in Belgrade. Reading through endless streams of awesome Serbian books, she became mostly interested in the oral tradition. Epic poems or wise advice, jokes or myths, she enjoys the moment when literature becomes alive. No matter the time of the day or night she is always eager to tell stories as well as to listen to other people sharing theirs. There are no great stories without great company and great atmosphere and she believes Belgrade offers it all.

Miljana Ivanović

Social activist and
an aspiring Renaissance woman

Miljana is a someone who will do her best to meet your expectations and diverse interests with passion. There is hardly a topic she will find uncomfortable. She has been a tourist in Belgrade many times before moving there with her familyat the age of ten. Since falling in love with the city, she can’t imagine herself living elsewhere. In the last few years, she’s been in a process of discovering a new passion – tourism.

Maja Vujić

Photographer
and foodie

Most days wakes up and thinks about what she is going to eat that day.After studying and living abroad for a few years she came back to Belgrade and fell in love with her hometown all over again. When she’s not cooking or looking at her own food creations through the lens Maja spends her time searching for hidden jams of Belgrade cuisine. You can also spot her with her camera, shooting scenes of daily routines in the city center. During the tour she will provide you with insights of someone who is still thrilled about Belgrade, its people, food and customs. Don’t shy away from asking her to take a photo of you, she’ll excitedly take tons!

People who hold their back

Ana Novaković

executive & co-founder

Tourismologist and
Adventurer

Tells you exactly what you want and need to know, like she has been reading your fortune form a Serbian coffee cup (Oh wait she can really do it!). Since she has perfected preparing different kinds of tours for more than 5 years, the food & culture tours represent a treat to her, like a cherry on the top of a cake!

Ana comes from a long family line from Serbian capitals (both the medieval Serbian capital of Kruševac and younger capital of Belgrade) and is a mix of German national minority (Donau Schwaben) and the redheaded Slavs from Prokletije mountains.

Jovana Travica

manager & co-founder

Philologist and a first class
storyteller

This long time slava organizer spices up every detail and makes it more appetizing to digest. And all that in Dutch, German, English and Spanish. Don’ t forget Serbian of course.

She comes from a big family (51 family members only from her father’s side!). Their roots go all the way to the Dalmatian coast, therefore her capital city mentality is mixed with Dalmatian tradition.

Đorđe Šumanović

co-founder

Architect and
aesthete

Plants the seed of every story with care and nourishes it with humor.

He traces descent from both sides of the Danube. Mother from central Serbia and father from Vojvodina, met each other in Libya and instantly fell in love. 1/8 German, 1/8 Hungarian and 6/8 Serbian. Carries the surname of a renowned Serbian expressionist painter.

Bogdan Spasojević

visual

Photographer and
avid cyclist

When you see him with a camera you can be sure something amazing is going to be created. Passion for photography and enjoying outdoors was inherited from his father and love of exploring and traveling from his mother. Eager to capture the right moment that will last forever on his photos and always provoke emotion. Constantly trying to find new angle, not just in photography but in everyday life.

Maja Ilić

operations manager

Soil managerand countryside lover

Agronomist in love with people, nature, food and cycling.

Maja is a mixture of fast Southern and slow Northern Serbs, born in Yugoslavia and raised in a communist part of Belgrade – New Belgrade.

Likes to keep everything in order, but also likes the mess while making ajvar and her favorite apricot jam.

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Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community

Fantastic fun and wonderful guides – A must for vistors to Belgrade

My friends and I had the pleasure of attending the Food & Culture tour of Belgrade with our delightful and informative hosts; Jovana and Marko The tour was extensive and covered the history and culture of the Serbian people and the wonderful food and drink it has to offer. We were thoroughly impressed with the professionalism, warmth and knowledge of our hosts. This trip has made this first visit to Belgrade very memorable, and I believe we have made a couple of friends too! This trip is extremely god value for money and worth every penny. For any connoisseur of food, culture and having a good time.

tamerg1001

Loved it

What a great way to spend our Sunday afternoon learning about Serbian food and culture. Enjoyed the pace of the tour and the different food locations we visited and didn't feel rushed.

Jodie T

Belgrade Must-Do!

Djordje was awesome! An outstanding guide for a wonderful city! The food and drink were excellent and plentiful. Djordje was full of great information and insights to Serbian life...it was like having a good friend show us around! Fortune telling, learning Cyrillic, local market shopping...definitely a must-do for anyone visiting Belgrade!

Sam H

Busting bellies, delicious food and lots of great information

I love travelling, eating and drinking and I always want to have the most authentic, traditional, local produce in the best places the locals love to be in.
For my Belgrade trip I chose this Food & Culture tour and I was not to be disappointed!
My guide for the 6 hours of indulgence was Đorđe, who was very friendly, polite and conversation flowed easily.
The places we went to were fantastic. The food amazing and I was well and truly satisfied with what I got from the tour. Definitely money well spent.
No matter what food tour option you choose, definitely go with an empty stomach and hungry appetite.
Thank you for delivering a truly great experience!

Dani D

Long Live Serbia!

Very nice tour! Even having a good knowledge of Slavic culture I learned quite a lot. Our guide was very professional and good at his job. There was no question he couldn't answer. The food was great, Serbian cuisine is for sure one of the best in the world!Very nice tour! Even having a good knowledge of Slavic culture I learned quite a lot. Our guide was very professional and good at his job. There was no question he couldn't answer. The food was great, Serbian cuisine is for sure one of the best in the world!